Fort Collins primes the (electric) pump

FORT COLLINS – Dave Sanders, like many electric-vehicle owners, is familiar with “range anxiety.” Relief is on the way, though, as the city of Fort Collins launches a new initiative to install as many as 10 new electric charging stations.

Sanders’ Chevy Volt plug-in electric vehicle, in which he and his wife, Lara Williams, drive their clients to commercial and residential real estate properties, gets 35 miles per charge from his home charging station. But the Volt also has a back-up gasoline generator that adds additional range.

Sanders plans to buy a pure-electric plug-in, which could outrun its range for trips outside…